Edwards an ideal fit for Wigan

Shaun Edwards would be a good candidate to take over from Shaun Wane as Wigan Warriors boss, according to former Wigan star prop Terry O’Connor.

Wane is leaving the Warriors at the end of the season for Scottish Rugby Union and Wigan are yet to announce his successor.

Edwards is currently working in rugby union with Wales and is set to link up with clubs sides Ospreys and Dragons, but Wigan owner Ian Lenagan hasn’t given up on the prospect of bringing the former Warriors’ and Great Britain star back.

O’Connor certainly thinks it would be a good move, with the ex-prop speaking on Sky Sports this week.

“He’s an iconic figure,” O’Connor. “He was a tremendous player on and off the field. He’s a born winner and has Wigan running through his blood.

“If he comes back he will want everything in place. If he went back there as a coach he’d set the standards very high.”

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Hitchcox opens up on nasty injury

Castleford winger Jy Hitchcox may have played his last game for the Tigers after fracturing his back in two places.

The Australian revealed the injury diagnosis on social media in a post which described the gruesome nature of his injury problems. Hitchcox sustained the issue in Castleford’s 19-18 win over Wigan last Friday.

“Scans come back with a muscle torn from the bone and two small fractures at the base of my spine,” Hitchcox explained on social media.

“Gutted I may have played my last game in a tigers shirt but rest assured I will do everything I can to get myself back fit and do all I can to wear the shirt one more time.”

Warrington boss Price reacts to Sandow link

Warrington head coach Steve Price has quickly shot down any suggestion that the Wolves will re-sign Chris Sandow.

The half-back has been linked with a return to Warrington following the revelation that Tyrone Roberts will be leaving the club at the end of the season.

Sandow previously played for Warrington from 2015 to 2016 but the 29-year-old is now back in Australia playing for Moranbah Miners. Price, though, has laughed off the idea of Sandow making a return to Warrington.

Chris Sandow. (Image: SWpix)

“There’s more chance of Joey Johns coming out of retirement to play for us than of Chris Sandow coming back,” Price told the Warrington Guardian. “There’s probably just as good a chance of Alfie Langer, too, or our kitman Bobby Moore.

“I’m always looking at good players to bring to our football club. We’ll do things behind the scenes in that regard. Tyrone has been really good. It feels like he has had a weight lifted off his shoulders.”